Well, World of Warcraft has once again got its hooks into me. I plan on reactivating my account. Ever since the proclamation from Blizzard that World of Warcraft Classic is going to be actively developed, I've got the itch.
My wife would like to play as well, but our labtop, though working fine, is having trouble if the settings are higher than 0.
So, the search for an entry level gaming labtop on a tight budget was on!
As I have no experience with buying labtops or computers on a regular basis, time to do some research.
I decided, for an entry level gaming labtop videocard, to shoot for the NVidia GTX 960M or the NVidia GTX 1050.
I hear the processor is not the most interesting/important part of gaming, so a 7th generation i5 would be fine.
Memory is also not that important, as long as it is at least 8 Gigabytes. I do hope to be able to upgrade this, when I decide to do some software development on said labtop.
An SSD is a very nice to have, otherwise you end up on loading screens that take a while in any serious multi-gigabyte game.
| brand | type | proccessor | video (mem) | hdd/ssd | mem/max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asus RoG | RoG GC533VW-FY079T | i7 6700HQ | 960M (2gb) | hdd | 8/16 |
| MSI | 6L62M 7RDX-1267NL | i5 7300HQ | 1050 (2gb) | hdd/ssd | 8/32 |
| Acer Nitro | AN515-51-5048 | i5 7300HQ | 1050 (4gb) | hdd/ssd | 8/32 |
| Lenovo | Legion Y520-15LBKN-80WK00Q4mh | i7 7700HQ | 1050 (2gb) | hdd/ssd | 8/16 |
| Asus RoG | 6L502VM-FY479T | i7 7700HQ | 1060 | hdd/ssd | 8/16 |
| HP | Pavilion Power 15-cb001nd | i5 7300HQ | 1050 (2gb) | hdd/ssd | 8/16 |
We decided on the HP, also because my wife's company sells it and we can get a (small) discount.
I would have liked to go for a Republic of Gamers (RoG) labtop, pure for the novelty value and the design, but alas it was not to be.
Originally my wife had something in mind around the 700 euro price tag, but we failed miserably in that category. These gaming labtops start from 899 euros and up.
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